Sentence Composing Strategies:
  • Unscrambling
  • Imitating
  • Combining
  • Expanding

Sentence Composing helps do two things:
  • Generate writing
  • Revise/Edit existing writing

Practice: (Chuck-by-chunk:

Model- Gary Paulson, Hatchet:
Then he turned
and stood still,
with the sun at his back,
and studied the water again.

Dr. Y's mirroring:
Next Hannah sighed
and became entralled,
with the strawberries on her mother's plate,
and licked her lips thoroughly.

My work:
Then Taylar froze
and began to weep,
with the world fading into the darkness,
and she couldn't grasp the situation.

Model- Caroline B. Cooney, Flight #116 Is Down
Pieces of tree,/pieces of metal,pieces of seat and airplane wing/gleamed in the moonlight

My work:
Dreams of a life, dreams of love, dreams of family and happiness dashed away in a second.

Model- Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine
Crossing the lawn that morning,/Douglas Spaulding/ broke a spider web with his face / when a single invisible line on the air / touched his brow / and snapped without a sound.

My work:
Sitting in the chair, Taylar K stared blankly through her loss when a single tear fell from her eye and dripped down her face.